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The '''attachment of the foreskin''' to the [[penis]] may occur in three different ways that tend to be confusing. They are ''fusion'', ''adhesion'', and the ''frenulum''.
== Fusion ==
Baby boys are born with the inner surface of their [[foreskin]] fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by the balano-preputial lamina, <ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal |last=Deibart |init=GA |title=The separation of the prepuce in the human penis |journal=Anat Rec |date=1933 |volume=57 |issue= |pages=387-99 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/deibert/ |quote= |DOI=https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.1090570409 |accessdate=2023-05-09}}</ref> which is a thin sheet of connective tissue. The balano-preputial lamina seals the [[preputial sac]] and prevents [[infection]]. It spontaneously breaks down over a widely-variable span of years and releases the foreskin from the glans penis. {{REF}}